Game Recap: Penguins vs. Bruins () | Evgeni Malkin Earns His 1,100th Point

Boston struck first in this game, scoring on the power play under 7 minutes into the game. Pittsburgh survived a flurry of 20 shots from Bruins players during that opening period, while coming out of it with a lead: Evan Rodrigues snuck a shot into the net, while Sidney Crosby did Sidney Crosby things and beat Boston netminder Jaroslav Halak from below the circles near the boards to make it 2-1 Pittsburgh after 20 minutes. The lone goal of the 2nd period was a power-play marker for Evgeni Malkin: his 1,100th point in the NHL. He joins Mario Lemieux and Sidney Crosby as the only three players to record at least 1,100 points with the Penguins. Malkin tied Brett Hull as the 18th-fastest player to 1,100 points in NHL history (935 GP). Sidney Crosby became the 22nd player in NHL history to record at least 200 multi-assist games. Only one other active player has collected as many: Joe Thornton (238). Mike Sullivan earned his 232nd win behind the Penguins bench and moved into a tie with Eddie Johnston for the second